Word: jesus
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...hierarchy forced the University of Essen to oust Ranke-Heinemann from her Catholic professorship and give her another teaching post that would not imply any church endorsement. Her sin: in defiance of Christian teaching, Ranke-Heinemann had concluded that Mary was not a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus...
Hannukah, then, is an attempt at pluralization of the holiday season. (Interestingly, the traditional December 25 date of Jesus' birth is said to have been created by early Christians for a similar purpose--to coincide with pagan Roman festivals.) There's no reason why that shouldn't be respected for itself. If Harvard is going to go out of its way to celebrate one religious holiday, we should at least make appropriate concessions to the multiplicity of religions here...
...plays a number of roles in this production, and Mychelle Shegog is particularly strong in all four of the roles she plays. The monologue in which one of Shegog's characters criticizes those whites who see Black women as strictly sexual creatures is sharp and powerful. "You could be Jesus in drag," she declares, "but if you're Black, they're sure you're selling...
Seven years after the Pope ended that purgatorial receivership, the Jesuits appear to have won John Paul's approval. Confronted with the task of re- evangelizing the formerly communist countries of Eastern Europe and the newly tolerant Soviet Union, the Pope has called upon the Society of Jesus to direct the task of training priests and rebuilding the long-oppressed clergy of these sensitive areas. Next week Jesuit experts will be gathering in Rome to plan how to go about that job. For starters, East Europeans are being brought to Rome to receive special training at the Pontifical Gregorian University...
...near extinction in the '80s craze for Paul Prudhomme's cast-iron Cajun cuisine. The succulent oyster on its bed of ice could have been pampered like an orchid in Quilcene Bay on the Hood Canal in Washington, or in Tomales Bay near Marshall, Calif. The two fish that Jesus served to the multitude in the New Testament parable may well have been mild-flavored tilapia. The species is native to the Sea of Galilee, but it is now farmed in increasing numbers in Caldwell, Idaho, where a large potato-processing company feeds it the leftovers...